Fork the repository

Clone your forked version of the repo. It will have your username in the place of <YOUR_USERNAME>.

• git clone https://github.com/<YOUR_USERNAME>/Berea-Open-Source-Day.git

Change path to the project folder

• cd Berea-Open-Source-Day

Create a new branch

• git checkout -b <BRANCH_NAME>
• Example:
  • git checkout -b adding-name

Open up the contributors.md file and write your name.

To see the change you just made, run the following command

• git status

Add your changes

• To add the changes files separately, you do
  • git add <FILE_NAME>
• To add all the changed files, you can do
  • git add *

Commit your changes

• git commit -m "<COMMIT_MESSAGE>"
• Example
  • git commit -m "added my name to the contributors file"

Push your changes

• git push origin <BRANCH-NAME>
• Example (Note this is the branch we created in step 4):
  • git push origin adding-name

Go to your repository on Github and refresh it. You will see a “Compare and pull request” button. Click on that button to start making your pull request.